Physical Chemistry at the Intersection of Combustion and Atmospheric Sciences

Brandon Rotavera is an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia, USA with joint appointments in the Department of Chemistry and the College of Engineering. Prior to arriving at the University of Georgia in 2016, Dr. Rotavera held a Postdoctoral Appointee position at the Combustion Research Facility of Sandia National Laboratories, USA after completing a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Texas A&M University, USA in 2012, focusing on Physical Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Rotavera is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, the Irvin Glassman Early Career Award (Combustion Institute), and the Fred C. Davison Early Career Scholar Award (University of Georgia). Dr. Rotavera leads a research group at the University of Georgia focused on fundamental studies of gas-phase chemical kinetics related to combustion and atmospheric science, with emphasis placed on oxidation mechanisms of advanced biofuels and atmospheric pollutant formation, using combined experimental and computational methodologies.He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy and is a member of the Technical Committee on Measurements of Energy and Related Quantities within the International Measurement Confederation, as well as an executive board member of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, co-organizer of the International Workshop on Flame Chemistry, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for the UV/Vis+ Photochemistry Database.

• 1. Introduction (written by Editor Brandon Rotavera) 2. Fundamentals of Combustion Chemistry 3. Fundamentals of Atmospheric Chemistry 4. Thermochemistry of Organic Molecules 5. Rate Coefficient Measurements of Radical Reactions 6. Computational Quantum Chemistry of Reactions of Organic Molecules 7. Master Equation Modeling 8. Machine Learning in Combustion and Atmospheric Chemistry 9. Automated Mechanism Generation for Chemical Kinetics 10. Spectroscopy of Molecules in Combustion and Atmospheric Chemistry 11. Measurements of Species in Complex Reacting Networks 12. Ignition Chemistry of Hydrocarbons and Biofuels 13. Volatile Organic Compounds from Combustion 14. Chemical Kinetics Modeling of Combustion 15. Oxygen-Centered Radical Chemistry in Combustion and the Atmosphere 16. Reactions of Criegee Intermediates 17. Photochemistry of Organic Molecules 18. Aerosol Chemistry in the Troposphere 19. POA from Combustion 20. OxyPOA Formation in Combustion 21. SOA Formation Potential of Species in Combustion Emissions 22. Modeling Chemical and Physical Processes in the Atmosphere 23. Research at the Interface of Combustion and Atmospheric Sciences (written by Editor Brandon Rotavera)